Frameverb
(transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
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(transitive) To construct by fitting or uniting together various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
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(transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
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(transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
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(transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
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(transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
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(transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
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Conspire to incriminate falsely a presumably innocent person. See frameup.
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To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
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To move.
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To proceed; to go.
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(tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
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To strengthen; refresh; support.
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To execute; perform.
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To cause; to bring about; to produce.
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To profit; avail.
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To fit; accord.
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To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage.
Framenoun
The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
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Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
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The structure of a person's body; the human body.
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A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
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A piece of photographic film containing an image.
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A context for understanding or interpretation.
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(snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
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(networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
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(bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.
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(horticulture) A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
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(philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
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(philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
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A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th or 1/60th of a second.
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(Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
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An inning.
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Any of certain machines built upon or within framework.
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(dated) Frame of mind; disposition.
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(obsolete) Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
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A stage or level of a video game.
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A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
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(computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
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(mathematics) A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.
Frameverb
To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice.
Frameverb
To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false.
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To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform.
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To cause; to bring about; to produce.
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To support.
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To provide with a frame, as a picture.
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to manufacture false evidence against (an innocent person), so as to make the person appear guilty of a crime. The act of framing a person is often referred to as a frame-up.
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To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech.
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To proceed; to go.
Framenoun
Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure; esp., the constructional system, whether of timber or metal, that gives to a building, vessel, etc., its model and strength; the skeleton of a structure.
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The bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build of a person.
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A kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc.; that on which anything is held or stretched
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A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc.
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Form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution; system; as, a frameof government.
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Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame. Same as frame of mind
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Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
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In games: (a) In pool, the triangular form used in setting up the balls; also, the balls as set up, or the round of playing required to pocket them all; as, to play six frames in a game of 50 points. (b) In bowling, as in tenpins, one of the several innings forming a game.
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a structure supporting or containing something
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one of a series of still transparent photographs on a strip of film used in making movies
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alternative names for the body of a human being;
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a period of play in baseball during which each team has a turn at bat
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the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
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the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape;
Frameverb
enclose in or as if in a frame;
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enclose in a frame, as of a picture
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take or catch as if in a snare or trap;
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formulate in a particular style or language;
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draw up the plans or basic details for;
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construct by fitting or uniting parts together
Keyframenoun
A single frame in an animation sequence drawn by an artist, between which others are tweened.
Keyframenoun
(computer graphics) A complete video frame, used as a reference for subsequent interframes in video compression.
Keyframeverb
To animate by interpolation between successive keyframes.